icono
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French icône, from Russian ико́на (ikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn), εἰκόνος (eikónos, “image, likeness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
icono m (plural iconos)
- icon (a representation, especially as an object of religious devotion)
- icon (a type of religious paining)
- (computing) icon (a small picture that represents something)
- (linguistics) icon (a word, character, or sign whose form is determined by the referent)
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Further reading edit
- “icono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014